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Google Confidential and Proprietary Who we are Naomi leads a team of engineers at Google. She works on improving the accessibility of Google products and services. Nathan works as a webmaster at Google, responsible for many pages on google.com and google.org. He works primarily with Google AdWords and Google Apps. www.google.com/doodles www.google.com/ads www.google.com/a www.google.org, http://www.google.com/accessibility/

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Google Confidential and Proprietary Why communication accessibility? "To organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." Most of the world's population does not speak my language. Hearing people and Deaf want to communicate Diversity at work leads to better ideas Hearing people can learn from deaf people about video communication

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Google Confidential and Proprietary Google Insights Google is busy trying to integrate services together better If you upload video clips to YouTube, it is instantly viewable to millions of users around the world. Moore's law: as technology advances exponentially, we are becoming more connected too. Your mobile phone is your compass, your communicator in the world.

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Google Confidential and Proprietary Deaf STEM Community Alliance Project at RIT/NTID The project is supported by the National Science Foundation (Award HRD #1127955) The Deaf STEM Community Alliance brings together students, faculty and staff from: o Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf (RIT/NTID) in Rochester NY o Camden County College in Blackwood NJ o Cornell University in Ithaca NY http://www.dhhvac.org

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Google Confidential and Proprietary Deaf STEM Community Alliance Project at RIT/NTID Goals: o Increase GPAs and retention rates of D/HH students in STEM majors. o Create a scalable online model that other schools can use. Virtual Academic Community (VAC) prototype for D/HH students to succeed in STEM fields of study through a web-based cyberinfrastructure Web-conferencing tools provide students with remote support services (tutoring and mentoring) and remote access services (interpreting and captioning) Began using Google+ Hangouts in early trials

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Google Confidential and Proprietary Deaf STEM Community Alliance Project at RIT/NTID Why RIT/NTID Chose Google+ and Hangouts? o All RIT students already were using and familiar with the University Gmail system. Easy to learn. o Google+ available both outside of class and after students graduate. o Online materials and tutorials from Google have captions o Custom support options for the deaf community (shift+S) o Students are often online on their own time, which makes Google+ an easy way for the virtual academic community manager to get ahold of or update many of the students.

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Google Confidential and Proprietary Deaf STEM Community Alliance Project at RIT/NTID For most of the students and almost all of the tutors, this was the first time they used Google Applications together in a unified way. Virtual Academic Community Manager created 1-2 hour orientation sessions for tutor-student teams in the beginning where they met in person. Helped students become familiar with Gmail, Google+, Hangouts, Google Docs, and Google Calendar. ' While tutors were working with students on their coursework, Many students, as digital natives, helped tutors become fully acclimated to Google Applications.

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Google Confidential and Proprietary Deaf STEM Community Alliance Project at RIT/NTID Some of the students began using Google Apps with peers to support each other academically as well as personally. What began as a biweekly conversation about school projects and interests expanded over the summer. Springboard Hangouts 4 students in very different parts of the country connecting online sharing their work experiences